Actually not all that fast, but it beats dial-up except for the cost, which I don’t think is worth it to continue after the 30 day trial. Five gig monthly limit, $10 a gig. My teen is going to blow through the monthly limit, in a week. I am not getting a steady tube feed, but it isn’t taking three hours to play three minutes of music.

Otherwise 76 degrees today, harvested the first couple of quarts of raspberries this morning, we could use a nice rain shower to keep the dust down.

The local copper-line phone co has been promising DSL service, similar speed to this low reception wireless, no limit, $5 a month more than my current phone bill. Not holding my breath. I got on the list in early June, they were definitely bringing it in, in July. Yawn.

My day was not bad. 101 degrees by afternoon; for once, I was done fairly early with my running around.
Farmers’ market in the morning – late though, so got some tomatoes that still need to finish ripening. Nice peaches, though. The berries were from the regular market.

Went to the mall (gasp) to Sephora to play with makeup…a little retail therapy. Rarely buy anything, but it’s fun to try stuff way out of my price range. Young salesperson patted on highlighter around one of my eyes and took me to a mirror under bright light to look…couldn’t see a thing. So, no sale. Disappointing; was hoping for minus 5 years, at least. ;-)

Those sound pretty special. The Rainiers might be the same as our Bings. Our area was once Wisconsin’s largest cherry producer. Geez, our county listed is in the wiki. Montmorency and Bings are growing in orchards less than a three minute pedestrian stroll away.

Ooooh. I never see either of those in the store for sale…although I noticed at the fancy grocery today the cherry pies were Montmorency cherry pies. What’s the big deal about that type? And do they not travel well or something?

Not beat a dead cherry thread to death, but Bings are definitely not Rainiers. They must be pretty fragile, as they were out when the sweet ones (no variety name given) were, but more expensive. And not available in bulk to take just a few.

Apparently the Montmorency are sour, therefore best for pies. So, nonquixote, you live in Door County? I’ve heard of it as a lovely, natural, remote-ish place to vacation. No wonder you don’t have high-speed internet. But you can walk to cherry orchards in compensation.

I think they require a particular climate and soil and they are the main pie cherry in most commercial cherry pies at least in the states. I see they are available dried and frozen via the mail-order route. As kids we were black with sticky juice by 10 AM as the growers recruited literally every child who could walk, in the village to hand pick them each season. That was our county fair and new school clothing money. Mechanized harvest came in about 1966.

eCAHN was making sour cherry pies a couple weeks ago.
I wish the fancy store would make mini pies…not only will I not pay the price for their pies, they’re way too big for me, and I don’t have parties to share them. If I bought it, I’d likely eat the whole thing.

There’s a whole book out about why and how the US Ag industry destroyed the tomato. It’s of course, what we expect – making a packable, pretty so-called vegetable/fruit, not one that tastes good.

But the author goes into other aspects of why the effort and result is a bad, bad thing…the virtual enslavement of tomato pickers in Florida, the decision to grow ‘em in Fl because it’s close to a large part of the market rather than because the soil or climate is suitable for tomatos, etc., etc.
I’ve heard him interviewed a couple times on radio, but of course, forget his name and the book title. Shouldn’t be too hard to find if you want to depress yourself.
Reinforced my opinion that buying tomatoes out of season is just dumb.

Born and stayed here, and I can simply ask and offer an easy barter of some sort with my next door neighbor to pick all I need for the winter. Until 20 years ago, if the bridge was out of order, we were an island community. That has its pluses and minuses.

Full moon tonight?! I wasn’t paying attention with our cloudy skies. No wonder I want to tear my fuckin’ world apart!
No wonder my vegetable/herb plants are standing at attention as I spray them with ammonia/water in our War On Slugs.

As hard as it is to believe, I’ve never seen Aerosmith in concert, and I’ve been a fan since the 70s. On the other hand the hearing in my left ear has recently started to pay the price of all the other concerts I’ve seen, so maybe…

I think I’m winning. Except they got all the tomatillos, cilantro, 3 cukes and 2 delicata squash while I was out there working the war zone.
Still time to replant the everything but the delicata.
I’m getting grossed out………………………….

I am seriously considering buying a goat .. so wet I canna mow my lawn .. when I finally could it was so wet my bagger would not accept it .. I am beside myself! .. the Middle East crisis is so trivial when Arab Summer?.. who cares .. my mulcher is not capable of mowing my lawn!! .. I am bereft of concern for anything but myself .. even the slugs have drowned .. water .. USE WATER .. water and salt .. /g

I just got in from the last spray battalion. Ain’t no slugs crawling to a container of beer in my garden tonight. I’m ruthless. I go to them 3 times during the evening to catch each emerging group. The big ones come out at 10 pm or later.
But, we’re almost done.

I reduced the mowing in frequency and square footage a bit every year. Dutch white clover is pretty when it dries out here and adds nitrogen to the soil. I do a bit right around the house and the gardens. I never bag it.

I saw three hens and their thirty to forty wild turkey chicks out for the first time yesterday. Maybe that’s why I don’t usually have any trouble with slugs.

Yes! I am so glad to be home. I don’t think I could have lasted many more days. The heat was bad and my parents are both so very senile. My mom is trying to manage my dad but she can’t since she is not that far behind him on the dementia track. ugh.

I cannot tell a lie .. I live in Canada and focus on yer politics for a reason .. there is no prevailing south wind strong enough to carry the fecal odor far enough north to touch me .. and then Sarah popped her head out of the mire .. EEEEEEK!!

My Mom turned 87 yesterday and is working on her PhD .. I am blessed .. she may never get there, but as we all know .. its the journey, not the destination that matters .. to deal with a senile loved one must be so draining .. *hug to any who deal with that reality*

Actually, it moves into a realm beyond draining. It becomes it’s own reality once you accept and don’t try to continuously look for the person “who was”. My mom and I have finally been able to communicate on a different level, at peace with each other.
Life is…,I guess. ?

Sorry to hear about your folks, Mary. My Mom just passed in May, had worsening dementia for about three years, but totally seemed to have come out of it as she knew us unfailingly for the last six weeks. She also seemed to know she was ready to leave this world, chose only liquid food for that period and passed peacefully.

My brother, sister and I made arrangements for my dad’s car and license to be taken away. We were lucky that his doctor would turn him in to the DMV. Now, we are faced with the fact that they live in a 3000 sq. foot townhouse. 3 flights of stairs and an elevator. My dad cannot walk up and down stairs due to a bad knee so he takes the elevator. My mom gets lost in the house, sort of. She gets lost in a room. But they both still read and my dad plays the piano.

I enjoyed being able to be here almost in real time and listen to the tunes, tonight. Berries to pick, some actual illustration work to do later today. A pile of harvest snap peas, lettuces, chard and several other enjoyable tasks for daylight, await.